most games started as a pitchers in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Phil Niekro started the most games, with 376 starts.

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most regular-season games started as a pitchers in the 1970s

	NAME	GS	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	376	406	164	151	.521	3.26	1,866	160	25	8	2881.0	2,642	1,045	1,228	259	920	76	19	53	12,043	116	5.83	2.87	2.03	0.81	15.5	7.6	1.24	.267	3.84	83	3.50	90	8.25	120.6
2	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	368	369	184	133	.580	2.92	1,907	197	36	1	2905.0	2,559	942	1,088	207	758	51	1	75	11,759	68	5.91	2.35	2.52	0.64	16.2	6.4	1.14	.266	3.37	80	3.02	83	7.93	199.6
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	366	368	178	126	.586	3.18	2,097	165	32	0	2747.0	2,413	971	1,103	238	960	31	0	87	11,361	81	6.87	3.15	2.18	0.78	18.5	8.4	1.23	.271	3.61	85	3.26	89	7.91	125.5
4	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	354	360	178	130	.578	3.38	1,841	184	33	0	2706.2	2,507	1,015	1,128	301	518	51	5	55	11,009	34	6.12	1.72	3.55	1.00	16.7	4.7	1.12	.266	3.75	86	3.29	86	8.34	158.8
5	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	352	355	186	103	.644	2.58	1,559	175	44	2	2745.0	2,275	787	883	184	861	26	3	31	11,105	55	5.11	2.82	1.81	0.60	14.0	7.8	1.14	.247	2.90	73	3.28	90	7.46	110.6
6	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	350	353	148	128	.536	2.88	2,082	145	39	0	2624.2	2,335	841	949	186	711	70	2	43	10,722	61	7.14	2.44	2.93	0.64	19.4	6.6	1.16	.280	3.25	78	2.80	76	8.01	260.7
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	349	352	166	110	.601	3.07	1,767	117	39	2	2557.1	2,174	871	975	214	660	45	3	45	10,403	63	6.22	2.32	2.68	0.75	17.0	6.3	1.11	.254	3.43	87	3.11	88	7.65	121.3
8	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	345	348	178	101	.638	2.61	2,304	147	40	0	2652.1	2,105	768	843	190	741	28	2	65	10,607	64	7.82	2.51	3.11	0.64	21.7	7.0	1.07	.261	2.86	73	2.64	74	7.14	272
9	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	333	348	155	146	.515	3.14	2,678	164	42	2	2465.0	1,731	860	984	133	1,515	75	8	34	10,453	116	9.78	5.53	1.77	0.49	25.6	14.5	1.32	.264	3.59	89	3.05	85	6.32	150.5
10	Vida Blue V. Blue	327	330	155	109	.587	3.07	1,600	124	32	1	2398.2	2,080	819	927	161	780	19	1	42	9,827	69	6.00	2.93	2.05	0.60	16.3	7.9	1.19	.264	3.48	88	3.12	87	7.80	125.1
11	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	327	329	169	102	.624	3.17	1,309	140	30	0	2399.0	2,047	846	936	257	606	34	2	31	9,702	33	4.91	2.27	2.16	0.96	13.5	6.2	1.11	.239	3.51	90	3.67	102	7.68	-26.2
12	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	313	337	124	127	.494	3.30	1,587	85	15	5	2281.1	2,119	837	947	173	747	40	13	74	9,498	53	6.26	2.95	2.12	0.68	16.7	7.9	1.26	.280	3.74	92	3.22	89	8.36	97.6
13	Mike Torrez M. Torrez	313	323	134	104	.563	3.71	985	100	14	0	2138.2	2,049	882	1,001	148	962	44	3	58	9,194	74	4.15	4.05	1.02	0.62	10.7	10.5	1.41	.269	4.21	96	3.99	105	8.62	-43.1
14	Rick Wise R. Wise	303	314	133	117	.532	3.67	1,112	107	22	0	2121.0	2,156	866	980	188	556	26	4	53	8,912	31	4.72	2.36	2.00	0.80	12.5	6.2	1.28	.280	4.16	95	3.50	93	9.15	65
15	Jack Billingham J. Billingham	296	359	135	103	.567	3.77	1,017	73	27	5	2045.2	2,070	857	970	157	673	87	32	76	8,670	75	4.47	2.96	1.51	0.69	11.7	7.8	1.34	.284	4.27	103	3.69	101	9.11	-12.3
16	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	294	329	126	107	.541	3.50	1,038	97	22	2	2073.2	2,066	807	928	175	626	32	15	42	8,728	72	4.51	2.72	1.66	0.76	11.9	7.2	1.30	.276	4.03	96	3.61	98	8.97	17.2
17	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	290	362	122	99	.552	3.57	925	72	14	2	2004.1	2,122	794	896	171	431	37	24	42	8,387	38	4.15	1.94	2.15	0.77	11.0	5.1	1.27	.286	4.02	95	3.46	92	9.53	62
18	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	287	323	114	108	.514	3.79	1,141	83	22	6	1967.0	2,000	828	942	121	742	34	18	66	8,486	73	5.22	3.40	1.54	0.55	13.4	8.7	1.39	.291	4.31	105	3.40	95	9.15	41.9
19	Paul Splittorff P. Splittorff	286	306	123	106	.537	3.66	817	79	17	1	1905.2	1,925	776	904	137	595	28	6	33	8,052	36	3.86	2.81	1.37	0.65	10.1	7.4	1.32	.276	4.27	97	3.64	98	9.09	15.1
20	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	285	322	142	92	.607	3.42	1,229	120	28	3	2063.0	1,904	783	839	204	595	28	18	22	8,498	12	5.36	2.60	2.07	0.89	14.5	7.0	1.21	.264	3.66	86	3.59	92	8.31	68.8
21	Tommy John T. John	282	294	133	84	.613	3.09	1,029	74	20	1	1973.0	1,934	677	801	109	520	34	7	39	8,180	75	4.69	2.37	1.98	0.50	12.6	6.4	1.24	.281	3.65	85	3.11	84	8.82	133.7
22	Ross Grimsley R. Grimsley	277	299	117	88	.571	3.59	703	77	15	3	1863.1	1,876	743	818	179	501	13	12	42	7,749	35	3.40	2.42	1.40	0.86	9.1	6.5	1.28	.267	3.95	102	3.90	110	9.06	-83.5
23	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	277	319	115	117	.496	3.43	1,496	133	20	1	2110.0	2,048	803	897	202	581	32	15	40	8,765	71	6.38	2.48	2.57	0.86	17.1	6.6	1.25	.286	3.83	94	3.23	87	8.74	107.8
24	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	276	363	136	123	.525	3.31	1,138	113	24	22	2150.1	2,087	792	923	170	570	50	68	31	8,931	49	4.76	2.39	2.00	0.71	12.7	6.4	1.24	.274	3.86	89	3.37	91	8.73	73.8
25	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	274	284	114	101	.530	3.43	1,122	57	17	3	1834.1	1,856	699	790	115	508	48	7	64	7,734	56	5.50	2.49	2.21	0.56	14.5	6.6	1.29	.293	3.88	87	3.11	81	9.11	149.6